Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-21
TWO FAIR DECEIYERS.

That Whimsical little fellow cupid no
doubt thought he had done very clever
thing after he had let fly two arrows in
rapid succession at two male hearts and
hit the mark each time, His mission,
however, ended there, and after events
took their erratic course in manner that
must have astonished the infantile god,
that is if he ever troubled himself further
about it.
Fred Chalmers and James GLADDEN. were
badly wounded by the two shafts, and, as
it fortunately happened that each had
chosen different sister of the pair of fair
ones, they confded their new emotions,
their plans of conquest and the other de-
tails Of lovers aspirations to one another
Chalmers was bright, handsome, dash
ing young fellow of %, and the object of
his love at first sight, Sarah Wood, was a
fair blonde maiden, upon whose hceauty the
average eye could dwell restfully for an in
definite period. She was not quite IS at
this eventful day in Fred Chalmers life.
GLADDEN. was rather more solid young
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cautious, but not by any means SO prepos
sessing in his personal appearance or man
ners. He had confessed that he had met
his fate when his eyes first fell on the
younger sister, Elizabeth, the brunette.
The two sanguine young fellows spoke of
the future to each other as though it were
already settled fact that, as they and
their adored ones had met like idle chips
on quiet waters" they should never sep
arate But, strong and determined as they
were, they had yet to learn that there
were Delilahs in the world that could rob
them of their boosted strength and give
them over bound and gagged to the enemy.
And subsequent events seemed to initiate
against the cherished and beautiful saying
that matches are made in heaven"
How it should have happened that
Fred Chalmers fell in love with Sarah
Woods without having his affections re-
ciprocated; or how it was told that James
GLADDEN. went Immediately over to the
little brunette, Elizabeth, and surren-
dered Internationally, only to find that
her heart had no room for him, was a
mystery and thorn in the side Of the
two men. But so it was, and while these
smitten male hearts were bordering upon
the mystery, the two fair sisters were
equally annoyed and disappointed at the
turn things had taken.
=" Mr.. Chalmers can never obtain my
consent to mary me, for | do not love him, "
said Sarah to her sister one day. James
GLADDEN. is my beau ideal of lover, and |
know you do not care a fig for him, sis"
"That is true" laughed Elizabeth. II
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got reversed in this comical way"
We must break mp this coptretemps
and place these young men where they
belong, for they evidently need guiding"
said Sarah looking wisely at her younger
sister.
So the two fair deceivers put their little
heads together and laid plot to make
the crooked matter straight and to bring
order out of chaos as speedily as possible.
1t was doubtless a well-laid and satisfac-
tory plot to the fair schemers, as their
mutual approval of its details, whispered
in each others ears was evidenced at the
end of the conference by peals Of laugh
ter
"That is Just splendid, and Pm sure it
will succeed said Elizabeth gleefully.
Aunt Sophia Grant was the natural
guardian of these two girls, who, being
orphans, had made their home with her
since early childhood. There was also
one other inmate of Mrs. Grants house
an elder sister of the two girls already
presented to the reader Martha Wood,
the eldest of the girls, was unmarried
and nearly ten years older than Sarah.
The younger girls looked upon her as a
settled old maid, already outside the pale
of marriage and their respect for her
opinion was not at all defferential She
was accepted as a convenient chaperon
when emergencies arose, and she was used
generally without reference to her own
wishes in the matter.
But the elder sister had opinions of her
own, and her powers of observation and
keen discernment were far above the level
ascrIhed to them by her more immature
sisters, and if she sometimes yielded to
their wishes against her better judgment it
was from pure love or pity for their youth
and motherless condition.
Aunt Sophia and Martha seemed to be
perfectly solid together in their own rela-
tions and had looked on this novel and in
congruOus wooing with amused wonder.
Martha's smile was one of tolerant for
bearance, in spite OF the petty annoyances
and sights she received from "the girl"
as she called them, and the neglect and
oommiserating glances Of the young men,
which seemed to say: "Poor old girl how
sorry am for you in your loneliness"
Aunt Sophia Grant looked on with a
grim smile and penetrating glance, which
seemed to read the mercenary element in
the male hearts that leaned toward her
worldly possessions. She was not asleep
by any means, and she often bent her gaze
upon Martha when word or phrase from
their lips touched upon this subject of in
heritance, and Martha instinctivelY inter-
preted the Geographic dispatch and re-
turned a silent message.
There were three pairs of schemers in
this little drama, each pair intent upon its
own ultimate success, regardless Of the
consequences to the other actors in the
play.
Our questionable heroes were scheming
for property, with the hope that love might
be thrown in incidentally. The fair hero
ines were plotting for love, pure and
simple, while their elders were planning to
avert possible catastrophes to all con-
cerned, and stood entirely on the defensive
in their attitudes towards the rest
The young men kept wary eye on each
other, and seemed to grow suspicious as the
play went on without any satisfactory de-
yelopments, and yet they preserved that
courtesy OF department in all their inter
course which the amenities of society de-
mand de riguetr
AT their frequent tete-a-tetes there oc-
CURED now and again some delicate spar
ring, which seemed to indicate the exist
ence of false position on the part of each
of these Lotharios
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1t had been an exceptionally busy day
st Aunt Sophia Grants, There had